KitchenAid® Pasta Extruder

Make your own fresh and delicious handmade pasta anytime. Simple-to-use extruder attaches to any KitchenAid stand mixer to make large or small macaroni, fusilli (corkscrews), bucatini (thick hollow tubes), rigatoni (short ribbed tubes) or spaghetti...Read More

Attaches to any KitchenAid stand mixer to make large or small macaroni, fusili (corkscrews), bucatini (thick hollow tubes), rigatoni (short ribbed tubes) or spaghetti
Includes cleaning brush, auger, pasta ring and combo tool with a flat end to push dough into the press, wrench to loosen the pasta ring and and hook to remove auger from casing
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I enjoy making pasta from time to time and enjoy my Kitchenaid pasta rollers. I've had my eye on this for a while, but didn't want to pay full price. This sale price is the best discount I've seen, so timing seemed right.

My daughter makes fresh pasta all the time, has a KitchenAid mixer with the other pasta attachments. I think she will enjoy this attachment too, and her birthday is a month away. This sale came at a perfect time for me!

Best Answer:I just used my machine for the first time this weekend. I tried the fusilli plate first then switched to the rigatoni. After making the rigatoni I was able to pull apart the plastic piece from the metal cap and clean it right away. There was some dough in between the plastic and metal cap so that created enough space to get my finger nail in between it to pry it apart. The fusilli plate was a different problem. I couldn't get it apart so I let it dry overnight but it still wouldn't separate. I put the plate in a bowl of boiling water and let it soak for five minutes. I was then able to pry it apart enough to stick a thin bladed knife in the space to pry it open all the way (watch those fingers!) There was no leftover pasta in between the plastic piece and metal cap. Too bad there isn't some type of overhanging lip in the plastic piece that you could use to pry the two apart when you are finished using the plate. My next idea if the hot water didn't work was to put it in the freezer to see if the metal would contract enough to be able to separate the two. Luckily I didn't need to resort to that option.